ANNUAL MEETING, JANUARY 6, 1905

Beloved Brethren: - You will accept my gratitude for
your dear letter, and allow me to reply in words of the
Scripture: "I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded
that He is able" - "able to do exceeding abundantly
above all that we ask or think," "able to make
all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having
all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every
good work," "able to keep that which I have committed
unto Him against that day."
When Jesus directed his disciples to prepare for the
material passover, which spiritually speaking is the passover
from sense to Soul, he bade them say to the goodman
of the house: "The Master saith unto thee, Where
is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with
my disciples? and he shall show you a large upper room
furnished: there make ready."
In obedience to this command may these communicants
come with the upper chambers of thought prepared for the
reception of Truth - with hope, faith, and love ready to
partake of the bread that cometh down from heaven, and
to "drink of his blood" - to receive into their affections
and lives the inspiration which giveth victory over sin,
disease, and death.